Sported (charity)
Sported is a charity, based in the UK, which supports grassroots sport and social change through sport for social development.
History
It was founded in 2008.[1] by Sir Keith Mills, the president of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, as a legacy project that followed a promise from the original bid team to "use the Games to ‘Inspire a Generation’."
According to the charity, "his ambition was to not only inspire a generation to play sports, but to use sport as a way of inspiring young people to overcome their personal hurdles and fulfil their potential in life."
Function
Sported focuses on providing resources and funding to local sports and physical activity groups to create impacts on young people and on communities.
Funded by partnerships, government programmes, and donations, it operates through the whole of the UK. Its named partners include Sport England, Barclays[2], Vodafone[3] and Nissan Possibilities [4]
In 2024, the charity announced it had reached the milestone of funds distributed of £10 million.[5]
Sported also publishes research into the sport for development sector and its impact across areas such as community need and women's sport.[6]
Its current CEO is Sarah Kaye, with Mills remaining as Patron since stepping down as chair in 2019.[7]
Sported's Ambassadors include England men's international footballer Eric Dier and Ireland and Lions rugby player Rory Best.
External links
References
- ↑ "Our Story". Sported. 1 October 2008.
- ↑ "Barclays Community Football Fund". Barclays. 1 March 2022.
- ↑ "Vodafone and Sported". Sported. 10 May 2024.
- ↑ "Nissan and Sported extend partnership". Sunderland Echo. 21 January 2025.
- ↑ "Sported reaches £10 million". Sported. 9 October 2004.
- ↑ "Girls football clubs struggling for survival". Sky News. 14 May 2023.
- ↑ "Lives have been transformed". The Guardian. 4 January 2019.
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